Combination drainer and stopper.



W. R. GESSLER.

COMBINATION DRAINER AND STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21.1916.

1,203,530; 7 Patented: 001. 31,1916.

25 of the liquid from WILLIAM R. GESSLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBIHATION DRAINER AND STOPPEB.:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application filed June 27, 1916. Serial No.106,191

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIA R. Gnssnna, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bronx, New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Drainers and Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combination drainer and stopper, and is particularly adapted for use in connection with sinks, wash basins and the like.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device which is adapted to prevent trash from entering a drain and stopping the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is so constructed as' to provide a plug the basin.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device which may be easily and cheaply constructed of a suitable screen wire or similar material and which may be readily placed in position or removed from the drain in order that the same may be readily cleaned.

With these and other objects in view, the invention and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view illustrating the device in use, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view illustrating the structure of the drainer and stopper.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates a basin of the ordinary construction provided with the usual drain pipe 2. The usual overflow 3 is provided and mounted in the drain pipe below the point where the overflow joins the drain pipe inthe ordinary cross 4 which forms a baiile to prevent soli matter from entering the .drain pipe. The

usual plug seat 5 is formed at the upper end of the drain pipe and 'n this seat is adapted to rest the drainer andstopper which will be more fully hereinafter described.

' The drainer is designated generally by the numeral 6 and consists of a cup shaped body 7 formed of a wire netting and proadapted to rest .for controlling the flow consists in the novel combination videdat its upper edge with the metallic bmdmg 8. As shown in the drawing the device tapers toward its lower end so as to.

fit on the seat 5 and form a liquid tight oint in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1.. A central opening is formed in the bottom of the cup shaped body 7 and slidably mounted in said opening is the rod 9 provided at its lower end with the head 10. The upper end of the rod carries the stopper designated by the numeral 11 consisting of the frustoconical body 12 which is adapted. to M within the cup 6 and engage the inner face of the binding strip toform a liquid tight join A flange 13 is formed at the upper end of said body which consists of a relatively thin flexible rubber and is immediately adjacent the drain opening. A hook 14 is attached to the upper side of the plug and has connected thereto the chain 15 which is connected at its upper end to any suitable support as shown in Flg. 1.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the device is inserted in the drain opening of the basin as illustrated in Fig. '1 and when it is desired to close the opening the stopper body 12 is moved downwardly into the cup shaped body 6 and in such a way that the flange 13 will engage the bottom of the basin immediately adjacent the drain opening thus forming a liquid tight joint which will prevent the liquid contained within the basin from flowing out. When it is desired to drain the basin upward pull on the chain 15 will cause the stopper to be moved upwardly and such upward movement the openin in the bottom of the cup shape body unti the head 10'engages said body and should it be desired to remove the cup further pull on the hook will withdraw the device from its position and it will be apparent that any matter gathered in the dram may be readily removed.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the'preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a basin having a drain opening therein, of a cup shaped strainer formed of wire mesh, a binding on the bottom of the basin' will slide the rod 9 through I strip at the upper edge of said strainer at the lower end of the rod, a plug at the adapted to fit against the wall of the drain upper end of the rod, the plug bein adaptopening, said strip being inclined to wedge ed to fit mto the cup, a flange on t e plug go into the drain opening and form a llquld adapted to engage the bottom o'f'the basin tight joint between the wall of the opening immediately adjacent the drain opening to and the strip and a plug adapted to fit withform a liquid tight joint and a hook on the in the strainer, the side walls of the plug upper side of the plug whereby the plug beinfiinclined to engage the inner face of may be seated and unseated, said hook also 25 the lnding strip and form a liquld tight llowing the user to remove the device from joint between the plug and strip thereby inposition in the drain openlng to allow the suring against the escape of liquid from the strainer to be cleaned.

basin w en the plug and stramer are 1n In testimony whereof I aflix my signaplace. ture in presence of two witnesses.

2. A device of the class described com- WILLIAM R. GESSLER.

prising a foraminous. cup adapted to fit in Witnesses: the drain opening" of a basin, a rod slidable GEO. J. GEssLnR, through the bottom wall of the cup, a head ELIZABETH E. GESSLER. 

